You're listening to Voice Acting Mastery episode number 55.

Welcome to the Voice Acting Mastery podcast with Crispin Freeman.

Voiceactingmastery.com is your place to learn both the skills and the mindset you need to become a professional voice actor, even if you're just getting started.

In each episode of this podcast, you'll discover valuable tips, tricks and insider information

to help you portray characters in animation, video games and beyond.

And now here's your host, voice actor Crispin Freeman.

Hi there, my name is Crispin Freeman, and I'll be your guide through the world of voice acting.

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This is part two of my interview with the wonderfully talented Monica Rial.

You can check out her amazingly long list of anime credits on the Anime News Network website.

In this part of our conversation, Monica shares with us the skill from her theater acting background

that she has found most useful in her voice acting career.

Turns out, it's a secret.

And Monica shares with me how to use that secret to your advantage.

Also, she talks about her own challenge

in figuring out which character types suited her voice the best,

and she gives advice on what you can do

to find the character types that fit your voice.

I think you'll find

it very enlightening. And now, the feature segment. So you had this dancing background, this Shakespearean

background, you went in, you sort of learned what it took to work on the mic, You know, they were patient enough with you to do this.

Looking back on it now, what do you think was the most useful thing to you

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